A 5-inch chalk sketch of a man’s right foot could fetch at least $2 million after Christie’s auction house linked it to Michelangelo’s ceiling in the Sistine Chapel. The tiny drawing of the bare foot ...

A Michelangelo study for the Sistine Ceiling will go up for auction next year. (all images courtesy Christie's Images Ltd. 2025) Christie’s is putting its right foot forward. A 500-year-old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michelangelo's five-inch chalk drawing of the Libyan Sibyl’s foot sold for $27.2 million on Feb. 5. The newly rediscovered chalk ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From a young age, Michelangelo prized drawing and sculpture above painting. Ian Nicholson/PA via Getty Images When a ...

LONDON — The small, spontaneously drawn red chalk sketch shows a bare right foot. But experts at Christie’s say it’s not just any foot — it’s that of the male model who posed for one of Michelangelo’s ...

A newly rediscovered drawing of a foot created by Michelangelo has just been auctioned off, fetching an eight-figure price tag and setting a record. The five-inch chalk drawing of the Libyan Sibyl’s ...